2014 VolleyballMag Boys High School All Americans List

[daniel]

After looking at the volleyball mag boys high school all american list I wanted to see if anyone else was surprised. From what I have seen I think that the AVCA All American list is generally a pretty good list and that every player on that list is deserving of all american awards. As for VolleyballMag, I am wondering what other people think about the accuracy of their list. I am from Ohio and I know personally for sure that Matthew Nortmann from Elder and Nick Talbot from St. Xavier have absolutely no business being on this list at all. These players were first team all state selections but the 2 ohio players of the year did not make the list, both who are much better players with much better stats than Talbot and Nortmann. Even then only Evan Feltz, the Ohio Division 2 player of the year, belongs on this list because an All State Selection from Ohio obviously isn't going to be as good as an all state selection from California, PA, VA, etc. Feltz was HP A1 with d1 players on his team including Colby Harriman, Mitch Penning, JT Hatch, Mitch Weiler, and many more, also getting recruited by Ohio State and Lewis. I also see that a lot of player are underrated on this last such as Mitch Weiler, Jake Walenga, Drew Pion, and Mike Simmons. As for overrated, Austin Royer, Josh Phalen, and as I said earlier Nick Talbot and Matthew Nortmann. Obviously all of these players are good, the list is just very inaccurate when we're talking all-american. Just seems like whoever comprised this list didn't look that much into it and is kind of an idiot, as he preceded to spell honorable mention wrong as well. I am not familiar with every player on the list, but what are your thoughts on the list as a whole?

First team
Jake Arnitz
School Esperanza (Anaheim, Calif.)
Height 6'6"
Position OH
Year Senior
The skinny: The UCLA-bound Arnitz helped Esperanza repeat as the CIF Southern Section Division II champion.

Hayden Boehle
School Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Height 6'2"
Position OH
Year Senior
The skinny: Boehle finished the year with a team-best 325 kills and 43 aces, while hitting .320 en route to earning Mission League Player of the Year honors.

Kyle Dagostino
School Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.)
Height 5'9"
Position S/OH
Year Senior
The skinny: This Stanford recruit hit .499 and finished his senior season with 311 kills and 188 digs, helping Berkeley win the state championship.

TJ DeFalco
School Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Height 6'4"
Position OH
Year Junior
The skinny: DeFalco, a name to keep an eye on in the future, had 17 kills to help the Oilers down Loyola in the CIF-SS regional final, capping a perfect 40-0 season.

Evan Enriques
School Kamehameha (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Height 6'1"
Position OH
Year Senior
The skinny: This three-time all-state selection registered 28 kills and 20 digs in Kamehameha’s loss to Punahou in the state championship match.

Colby Harriman
School McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, N.Y.)
Height 6'5"
Position OH/Opp.
Year Senior
The skinny: An all-state tournament selection, Harriman helped McQuaid Jesuit to a state runner-up finish and shared Player of the Year honors in the greater Rochester area.

Cole Paullin
School Loyola (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Height 6'7"
Position MB
Year Senior
The skinny: Paullin hit a blistering .600 with 145 kills on 190 swings and registered 55 blocks. “We went to him quite a bit,” Loyola coach Michael Boehle said. “With our guys in-system and on time and ready to go, he was pretty much unstoppable.”

Ben Plaisted
School Wauwatosa East (Wauwatosa, Wis.)
Height 6'5"
Position Opp.
Year Senior
The skinny: The Wisconsin Player of the Year set a school record with 540 kills this past season.

Austin Royer
School Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.)
Height 6'2"
Position S
Year Senior
The skinny: Royer helped lead Lincoln-Way East to a 41-1 record and its first Illinois High School Association state championship this spring.

Aaron Samarin
School Buchanan (Clovis, Calif.)
Height 5'10"
Position L/OH
Year Senior
The skinny: Samarin finished the year with 328 digs, 120 kills, and 35 aces for a Buchanan squad that won the CIF Central Section Division I championship.

Brenden Sander
School Huntington Beach (Calif.)
Height 6'3"
Position OH
Year Senior
The skinny: BYU recruit Sander was a key cog in Huntington Beach’s repeat CIF Southern Section regional title.

Larry Tuileta
**Player of the Year**
School Punahou (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Height 6'2"
Position OH
Year Senior
The skinny: Tuileta, who will play football and volleyball at USC, had 16 kills and 22 digs in Punahou’s state-championship win over Kamehameha. Tuileta was part of three Punahou state-title teams.

Second Team
Ht. | Pos. | Year | School

Karl Apfelbach | 6'8" | Opp. | Sr. | Shorewood (Wis.)

Tyler Bird | 6'2" | L | Sr. | Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.)

Alec Flowers | 6'6" | MB/OH | Sr. | Mountain View (Calif.)

Kyle Foley | 6'4" | S | Sr. | St. John Vianney (Kirkwood, Mo.)

Brad Gretsch | 6'5" | MB | Sr. | La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.)

JT Hatch | 6'2" | S | Sr. | Mesa (Ariz.)

Jeff Jendryk | 6'8" | MB | Sr. | St. Francis (Wheaton, Ill.)

Matthew Nortmann | 6'4" | MB | Sr. | Elder (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Ben Oxnard | 5'9" | OH/L | Sr. | Esperanza (Anaheim, Calif.)

David Parker | 6'1" | OH | Sr. | Whitney (Rocklin, Calif.)

Josh Phalen | 5'11" | L | Sr. | Lincoln-Way East (Frankfort, Ill.)

Lee Smith | 6'4" | OH | Sr. | Ambridge Area (Ambridge, Pa.)

Honerable Mention
Ht. | Pos. | Year | School

Royce Clemens | 6'2" | OH | Sr. | Central York (York, Pa.)

Travis O’Gorman | 6'3" | OH | Sr. | Northport (N.Y.)

Luke Owens | 6'7" | MB | Sr. | Kalaheo (Kailua, Hawaii)

Drew Pion | 6'2" | OH | Sr. | Windward (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Vinny Pizzuti | 6'3" | OH | Sr. | Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.)

Kekoa Pukahi | 6'3" | S | Sr. | La Costa Canyon (Carlsbad, Calif.)

Louis Richard | 6'6" | OH | Sr. | Redondo Union (Redondo Beach, Calif.)

Michael Simmons | 6'4" | OH | Sr. | Waubonsie Valley (Aurora, Ill.)

Jake Stuebner | 6'3" | OH/Opp. | Sr., Mountain View (Calif.)

Nick Talbot | 6'2" | OH | Jr. | St. Xavier (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Jake Walenga | 6'1" | OH | Sr. | Lincoln-Way North (Frankfort, Ill.)

Mitch Weiler | 6'4" | OH | Sr. | Brother Rice (Chicago, Ill.)
 

[Kamali'i-7]

i suppose that one out of three isn't too bad, considering.  Luke Owens from the three teams listed is whom they secured. the odds are always stacked against the warriors' hc no matter the personnel, yet the BIG loss this season was non other than the poy: Tui.

sad!

[bbk]

I am sure I can say this for a lot on the site but who are all these people. J/K

A fine list and I wish these guys great Volleyball careers.

[darian]

I thought Arnitz got player of the year? Guess not, ha/
I hate that every time they get someone's height wrong, it bothers me. ha.

[NorcalVB]

Zach Eschenberg? BYU Outside Hitter recruit next to Brenden Sander